Debug Menu

This is a sub-page of Proto:Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Debug Cheats#

Simpler versions of some cheat codes can be inputted on controller 1. Repeat any of the following inputs three times in a row for the desired effect.

Input	Effect
Right, Left	Increase Wanted level.
Down, Up	Decrease Wanted level.
Down, Right, Up, Left	Weapon cheat.
Down, Left, Up, Right	Health cheat.

Additionally, Left, Up repeated three draws blue wireframes on certain parts of the map, such as store markers, for a single frame.

Debug Menu (Controller 1)#

During gameplay, on controller 1 press L1 and R1 to bring up the debug menu. Up and Down on the d-pad scrolls through the options, though there is no visual indicator which one you are currently on. Use Left and Right, or Square and Triangle to toggle/modify the current option.

This needs some investigation.
Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.
Specifically: Figure out the following:

Display Timer Bars
Played Before?
Marketing Build on/off
Display Memory Usage
Display number of atomics rendered
Display collision in memory
Show set pieces
Polys in shadow (does visibly something to the shadows)
Print nearest object
Debug PlayerPed
Tweak vehicle handling

Show Collision polys, Reflection objects, No-Shadow objects#

Draw HUD#

Self explanatory, HUD can be re-enabled through the Controller 2 debug options.

Occlusion debug#

Time (hour of day)#

Self explanatory, lets you choose the hour of day. However, the hour value is only bounded while scrolling forward (and checked on every hour), so if you scroll backwards, the 8-bit value used for the hour will overflow to 255, and can be scrolled through various non-existent hour values. The game will interpret random memory as light information and various trippy effects will happen; the hour will be reset to 0 after 1 in-game hour has passed.

X/Y/Z/Update Player Coord#

Edit Tommy's X/Y/Z coordinates and toggle Update Player Coord to teleport him there.

Streaming Debug#

Debug (Controller 2)#

Using the second controller, it is possible to access more debug features.

Controls#

Input	Effect
L1	Write coordinates to file.
L2	Write coordinates to file.
R1	Vehicle spawner. Press again to despawn (if not driven) and again for the next vehicle.
D-pad Left/Right	Mission select. Spawns the marker on the map, cancels any active missions you are currently on.
D-pad Down	Pickup spawner. Each weapon comes with 2000 ammo.
R3	Teleport to mission marker.
Select	Enable/Disable traffics.
Start	Enable/Disable HUD.
Circle	Enables free cam mode. Also works during cutscenes.
Triangle	Enable/Disable "cheat mode". On by default.

While in free cam mode.

Input	Effect
Square	Move forward.
X	Move backwards.
Left Analog	Look around.
Right Analog	Move camera
R2	Teleport to current camera coords.
Circle	Exit free cam mode.

While "cheat mode" is disabled.

Input	Effect
L1	Change weather.
R1 (Hold)	Speed up time.
L2 (While in vehicle)	Change color.

L1+L2+R1+R2 brings up a multi page debug display. ShowsPress X to advance to the next page.

Select+X displays "Mission Passed" in various fonts alongside a timer, meter and counters labeled "Busted!".